Thirsty Thursday is pale, cool-toned shade of mid blue. It is better contrasting with white. This color combines beautifully with mid yellow, green cyan or mid red
| Inverse Color | #8d9164 |
| Complementary Color | #979b6d |
| Color Shade: | mid blue (245.33° hue) |
| Color Temperature: | cool |
| Lightness: | 51.96% (better contrasting with white) |
If you're looking for a similar mid blue shade, there are some better alternatives to Thirsty Thursday Color. The Purple Passage color for instance is a darker and a bit more faded option, however this color has a cool blue bias. Consider a darker and more soft alternative called Dolphin (#646077) for more calm effect. Try Live Jazz as it also a bit more faded and calm.
#979b6d is the best complementary color to Thirsty Thursday. Mid yellow shades generally complement the mid blue hues best as they are found on the opposite end of the color wheel. The most popular #726e9b complementary color is Gurkha, as it offers maximum contrast and grab the viewer's attention.
The analogous palette of blue cyan, mid blue, and violet colors offers a soft combination of similar cool shades. The analogous colors of Kimberly are #6d809b and #886d9b. Thus found on the left and right of #726e9b on the color wheel with a 30° gap. Consider matching Lynch and Trendy Pink colors as they work well with Thirsty Thursday.
The split-complementary Thirsty Thursday palette consists of #809b6d and #9b886d colors. They can be found 30° apart on either side of the complementary color (#979b6d). Try Highland and Arrowtown colors in combination with #726e9b, as they are not as contrasting as a complementary color, hence, giving more hue variety to make your design stand out.
The triadic palette of #726e9b offers a combination of mid green and mid red shades and equally high contrast between the three of them. Find triadic colors at the 120° distance from the Thirsty Thursday. Thus Laurel and Copper Rose giving maximum hue separation to use all three together.
The square color palette of Thirsty Thursday contains three additional colors. Thus, complementary Gurkha, Strikemaster, and Oxley split by 90° on the color wheel. #726e9b square combo is a palette of mid blue, red magenta, mid yellow and green cyan shades that work together well.
The tetradic palette is a bit more complex than the square and has more of a rectangle shape. Thirsty Thursday tetradic combo consists of mid yellow complementary color (#979b6d) and two others. The Copper Rose is positioned 120° clockwise from the primary color and Gothic – 120° from the complementary Gurkha. This palette is not recommended to use as-is. Try to tweak the saturation and brightness of #9b716d and #6d979b.
In a RGB color space, hex #726e9b is made of 30% red, 29% green and 41% blue. In a HSL mode Thirsty Thursday has a hue angle of 245.33°, a saturation of 18.37% and a lightness of 51.96%. In a CMYK space (used in printing only), hex #726e9b is made of 16.07% cyan, 17.64% magenta, 0% yellow and 39.22% black ink.
| HEX | #726e9b |
| RGB Decimal | rgb(114,110,155) |
| RGB Percentage | 30%, 29%, 41% |
| CMYK | 16.07, 17.64, 0, 39.22 |
| HSL | hsl(245.33,18.37%,51.96%) |
| HSV (or HSB) | hsv(245.33,29.03%,60.78%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(48.3806,11.9071,-23.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(18.4318,17.0958,33.3387) |